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DB "WITT'S 

ETHIOPIAN AND 0OMI0 DRAMA. 



AMBITION. 

A PLEASING FARCE, IN TWO SCENES. 

By SAM RICKEY and MASTER BARNEY. 

Authors of " Bad Whiskey" etc. 

ARRANGED 

By CHARLES WHITE, 

Author of "Magic Penny" "Jolly Millers" "Vilikens and Dinah" "The 
Coopers," "Old Dad's Cabin " "Rival Lovers ," "Sham Doctor ;" "United 
States Mail" "Mazeppa," "Uncle Jeff '," "Mischievous Nigger " "Por- 
trait Painter ," "Black Shoemaker" "Hop of Fashion" "The Wreck" 
"Mystic Spell" "Black Statue" "Quack Doctor" "Recruiting Of- 
fice," "T/aeves at the Mill," "Black Chemist," "Daguerreotypes" 
" Stupid Servant" "Sam's Courtship," " Guide to the Stage," " Going 
for the Cup," "Policy Player," "The Ghost," "Damon and Pythias," 
"Malicious Trespass," " Vegetable Man," " Fisherman's Luck,'' "Musi- 
cal Chowder," "The Draft," " Casket of Fun," "White's Black Wit ,'' 
"Burlesque Circus," "Black Menagerie" "Skating Carnival," "Trip 
by Rail," "Jealous Darkey," "Musician, Blower, and Dancer" "Btim- 
mer's Hall," "Peep at Barnums" "Nigger Encampment," "Streets of 
Neio York," "Black-Ey'd William" "Doctor Possum's Lecture," 
"Storming the Fort," etc. etc. 

As first performed by Sam Rickey and Master Barney, at the Metropolitan 

Theatre, 588 Broadway, N. Y., Dec, 1874 ; Also at the 

Theatre Comique, N. Y., Feb., 1876. 

TO WHICH ABB ADDED, 

A Description of the Costumes -Cast of the Characters— Entrances 

and Exits— Relative Positions of the Performers on the 

Stage and the whole of the Stage Business. 



Ne-w Y orlc, 

ROBERT M. DE WITT, PUBLISHER 

JVo. 33 Hose Street. 




Monogra ; 



DE WITT'S ACTING PLAYS. 



J^~ Please notice that nearly all the Comedies, Farces and Comediettas in the following 
hst o/"De Witt's Acting Plats 1 ' are very suitable for representation in small Amateur Thea- 
tres and on Parlor Stages, as they need but little, extrinsic aid from complicated scenery or 
expensive costumes. They have attained their deserved popularity by t/ieir droll situations, 
excellent plots, great humor and brilliant dialogues, no less than by the fact that they are the 
most perfect in every respect of any edition of plays ever published either in the United States 
or Europe, whether as regards purity of the text, accuracy and fulness of stage directions and 
scenery, or elegance of typography and clearness of printing. 

*#* In ordering please copy the figures at the commervcement of each piece, which indicate 
the number of the piece in "De Witt's List of Acting Plays." 

(|gf~ Any of the following Plays sent, postage free, on receipt of price — 15 
cents each. 

Address, ROBERT M. DE WITT, 

J\To. 33 ftose Street, JVew York, 

jgp The figure following the name of the Play denotes the number of 
Acts. The figures in the columns indicate the number of characters — M. male ; 
F. female. 



No. 

75. 
114. 
167. 

93. 

40. 



Adrienne, drama, 3 acts t 3 

Anything for a Change, comedy, 13 3 

Apple Blossoms, comedy, 3 acts 7 3 

Area Belle (The), farce, 1 act 3 2 

Atchi, comedietta, 1 act — 3 2 

89. Aunt Charlotte's Maid, farce. 1 act. . 3 3 

192. Game of Cards (A), c< medietta, 13 1 

166. Bardell vs. Pickwick, sketch, 1 act. 6 2 

41. Beautiful Forever, farce, 1 act 2 3 

141. Bells (The), drama, 3 acts 9 3 

67. Birthplace of Podgers, farce, 1 act. . 7 3 
36. Black Sheep, drama, 3 acts 7 5 

160. Blow for Blow, drama, 4 acts 11 6 

70. Bonnie Fish Wife, farce, 1 act 3 1 

179. Breach of Promise,, drama, 2 acts.. 5 2 

25. Broken-Hearted Club, comedietta, 1 4 

24. Cabman, No. 93, farce, 1 act 

1. Caste, comedy, 3 acts 5 

69. Caught by the Cuff, farce, 1 act 4 

175. Cast upon the World, drama,5acts.l0 
55. Catharine Howard, historical play, 

3 acts 12 

80. Charming pair, farce, 1 act 4 

65. Checkmate, comedy, 2 acts... 

68. Chevalier de St. George, drama, 3 9 3 
76. Chops of the Channel, farce, 1 act. 3 2 

149. Clouds, comedy, 4 acts 8 7 

121. Comical Countess, farce, 1 act 3 1 

107. Cupboard Love, farce, 1 act 2 1 

152. Cupid's Eye-Glass, comedy, 1 act... 1 1 

52. Cup of Tea, comedietta, 1 act 3 1 

148. Cut off with a Shilling, comedietta, 

1 act 2 1 

113. Cyrill's Success, comedy, 5 acts 10 4 

199. Captain of the Watch (The), come- 
dietta, 1 act 4 2 

20. Daddy Gray, drama, 3 acts 8 4 

4. Dandelion's Dodges, farce, 1 act 4 2 

22. David Garrick, comedy, 3 acts 8 3 

96. Dearest Mamma, comedietta, 1 act, 4 3 

16. Dearer than Life, drama, 3 acts 6 5 

58. Deborah (Leah) drama, 3 acts 7 6 

125. Deerfoot, farce. 1 act 5 1 

71. Doing for the Best, drama, 2 acts.. 5 3 

142. Dollars and Cents, comedy, 3 acts.. 9 4 



2 2 
3 

1 

5 



6 5 



No. M. F. 

21. Dreams, drama, 5 acts 6 3 

186. Duchess de la Valliere, play, 5 acts. . 6 

47. Easy Shaving, farce, 1 act 5 

13'. Everybody's Friend, comedy, 3 acts. 6 

200. Estranged, an operetta, 1 act 2 

103. Faust and Marguerite, drama, 3 acts, 9 
9. Fearful Tragedy in the Seven Dials, 

interlude, 1 act 4 

128. Female Detective, drama, 3 acts.... 11 

101. Fernande, drama, 3 acts 11 10 

99. Fifth Wheel, comedy, 3 acts 10 2 

145. First Love, comedy, 1 act 4 

102. Foiled, drama. 4 acts 9 

88. Founded on Facts, farce, 1 act.. . . 4 

74. Garrick Fever, farce, 1 act 7 

53. Gertrude's Money Box, farce, 1 act. 4 
73. Golden Fetter (Fettered), drama, 3 11 
30. Goose with the Golden Eggs, farce, 

1 act 5 

Go to Putney, farce, 1 act 4 

Happy Pair, comedietta, 1 act 1 

Hard Case (A), farce, 1 act 2 

Henry Dunbar, drama, 4 acts 10 

Henry the Fifth, historical play, 5 38 

He's a Lunatic, farce, 1 act 3 

Hidden Hand, drama, 4 acts 5 

His Own Enemy, farce, 1 act 4 



131. 
28. 

151. 
8. 

ISO. 

1!). 

60. 
187. 



174. Hume, comedy, 3 acts .4 3 

64. Household Fairy, sketch, 1 act 1 1 

190. Hunting the Slipper, farce, 1 act 4 1 

191. High C, comedietta, 1 act 4 2 

197. Hunchback (The), play, 5 acts 14 2 

18. If I Had a Thousand a Year, farce, 

1 act 4 3 

116. I'm Not Mesilf at All, original Irish 

stew, 1 act 3 2 

129. In for a Holiday, farce, 1 act 2- 3 

159. In the Wrong House, farce, 1 act. . . 4 * 

122. Isabella Orsini, drama, 4 acts 11 4 

177. I Shall Invite the Major, comedy, 14 1 

100. Jack Long, drama, 2 acts 9 2 

139. .Joy is Dangerous, comedy, 2 acts. . . 3 3 

17. Kind to a Fault, comedy, 2 acts 6 4 

86. Lady of Lyons, play, 5 acts. 12 5 

72. Lame Excuse, farce, 1 act 4 2 



AMBITION. 

gk, g \tnfx\\$ Javre it* (?)ne girt — ©wo £r*»wjs?. 
By SAM RICKEY AND MASTER BARNEY, 

FIRST PERFORMED BY THEM AT THE METROPOLITAN THEATRE, 

58T BROADWAY, N. Y., DEC, 1874 ; ALSO AT THE 

THEATRE COMIQUE, N. Y., FEB., 1876. 

A RR A NGED 

By CHARLES WHITE, 

The Celebrated Ethiopian Comedian, 

AUTHOR OP 

' Magic Penny, 1 " "Jolly Millers;' " Villikins and Dinah," 1 " The Coopers;' " Old 
Dad's Cabin;' " Rival 'Lovers" "Sham Doctor;' "United States Mail," 
" Mazeppa," "Uncle Jeff," "Mischievous Nigger," "Portrait Painter," 
"Black Shoemaker," "Hop of Fashion," "the Wreck," " Mystic Spell," 
"Black Statue," "Quack Doctor," "Sam's Courtship," "Thieves at the 
Mint," "Black Chemist," "Daguerreotypes," " Stupid Servant." "Storming 
MtFort;' " Guide to the Stage," " Going for the Cup" "Policy Player," 
<1 ir ie ®*°*'»" "Malicious Trespass," "Vegetable Man" "Fisherman's Luck," 
<4 Musical Chowder," "The Draft," "Casket of Fun," "White's Black Wit," 
wfesgw Circus," "Black MenageHe," "Skating Carnival," " Trip by 
Hun ii '^ ealous Darkey," "Musician, Blower and Dancer," "Bummers' 
„£?„: "Peep at Barnum's," "Nigger Encampment," "Black Ey'd 
William,' "Dr. Possum's Lecture," "A Lucky Job," "Streets of New 
lork," " The Recruiting Office," etc., etc. . 

TO WHICH ARE ADDED 

A DESCRIPTION OF THE COSTUMES— CAST OP THE CHARACTERS— ENTRANCES 

AND EXITS — RELATIVE POSITIONS OF THE PERFORMERS 

ON THE STAGE, AND THE WHOLE OP 

THE STAGE BUSINESS. 

^ I ,;; 

ROBERT M. D E WITT, PUBLISHER. 
No. 33 Rose Street. 

Copyright, 1877, by Robert M. De Witt. 






2 AMBITION. 

CAST OF CHARACTERS. 

Pat O'Brien Mr. Sam Rickey 

George Fresh Mr. Geo. Coes 

Alderman Muttonpounder Mr. Luke Schoolcraft 

Senator Causeway Mr. Jas. Bradley 

Ex-Sheriff Mud Mr. H. Schwicardy 

Jimmy Luck . Mr. John Wild 

Bartender Master Barney 

TIME OP PLAYING— TWENTY MINUTES. 

SCENERY. 

Scene I. — Street in 1st Grooves. 

Scene II. — Bar Room in 3d Grooves, d. in l. f. 



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COSTUMES. 

Pat O'Brien. — A decent looking Irishman, rather eccentric; Sandy 
Crop Wig ; Side Whiskers. 

Geo. Fresh. — Fancy style of Character in Colors. 

Alderman Muttonpounder. — Modern style, but bad fit. 

Senator Causeway. — Old Fashioned Clothing. 

Ex-Sheriff Mud. — Rather seedy throughout. 

Jimmy Lush. — Very bad ragged Clothing; Black Eye; bad Hat. 

Bartender. — Tidy make up ; White Apron, etc. 

PROPERTIES. 

Two Packs of Cards ; two Tables and Chairs; Counter xoith Bar Fixtures; 
Segar Boxes; Bottle of Seltzer Water; a large flat Biscuit; an old Silk 
Hat; large Firecracker ; one good Silk Hit behind counter. 



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AMBITION. 



Scene I. — Street in 1st grooves. 
Enter Geo. Fresh and Alderman, r. 1 e., loth talking. 

George. Say, Alderman, there's no use in talking, I've got the best 
joke of the season for the club. 

Alderman. What is it, George? something good — no chestnut? well, 
let us have it; a good laugh would do me good about now; let her out; 
what is it? 

George. Well, say, let me ask you a question. Did you see that man 
that I was talking to this morning? 

Alderman*. Yes, I saw you talking to a man. You don't mean that 
Irishman, do you? 

George. Yes, yes, I do mean that Irishman ; that's the daisy I'm talk- 
ing about. You see, he has come all the way from Cohoes looking for a 
political job, and the fun of it is I made him believe that I could get it for 
him, and he is still laboring under the same opinion. 

Alderman. Well, he must be a dead square crank of a fellow to think 
he could come all the way from Cohoes down here looking for a political 
position. 

George. Yes, sir, it's true as I'm alive. Hello! as I live the fellow 
is coming up the street now (finger* to Up). Not a word, Alderman — 
mum. 

Enter Pat, l. 1 e. 

George (smiling). Why, Mr. O'Brien, where did 3-ou go to so sudden ? 

Pat (surprised a Utile). Where did you go to so sudden ? George, I 
had liked to be killed where you left me this morning. 

George. Ah! you're joking ; well, never mind. I say, Mr. O'Brien, I 
want to introduce you to a particular friend of mine (bowing). Alderman 
Muttonpounder, this is Mr. Pat O'Brien, one of us, I assure you. 

Alderman, I am very happy to meet you, sir. 

Pat. Oh, say, George, that was a great place we were in last night. 
One feller he called one side, and said if I'd get him drunk I would have 
some fun with him. 

Alderman. Well, my time is a little precious. Gentlemen, I'll have to 
bid you good day. [Exits l. 1 e. 

Pat (boioing politely). Good-day, good-day, Alderman. Ah! that's a 
fine feller, George. 

George. Oh, yes ; that man at one time used to light his pipe with hun- 
dred dollar bills. 

Pat. You don't say so ; but what about that job you said you were 
going to get me, George ? 

George. Oh, yes; I forgot all about it. That situation is Lamp-post 
Inspector. 



4 AMBITION. 

Pat. Do you think that job would pay me, George ? 

George. Oh, yes ; I should say so ; first rate. One thousand dollars 
a month. 

Pat. But, I say, George, what are the duties connected with the job ? 

George. "Why, if you see a lamp-post out of order, report it. 

Pat. Report the lamp-post ? 

George. No, my boy, you don't understand me. You get up in the 
morning at 5 o'clock and you start from the battery and you w-ilk to 
Yonkers ; and if you should see any lamps any way out of order, all you 
got to do is to shoulder the lamp-post aud bring it down to headquarters. 

Pat. I say, George, wouldn't it be just as well to shoulder headquar- 
ters and carry it to the lamp-post? 

George. I tell you, Pat, you've got things very fine. You must have 
held an office before. 

Pat. I came very near holding a high office one time. 

George. Indeed! when was that? 

Pat. I ran for Alderman once at Cohoes, and I was only defeated by 
four thousand majority. I'd beat him, only they wrung in a half million 
people from Lansingburg on me ; that's how I lost. 

George. That was very unfortunate, Pat. 

Pat. But I say, George, won't that be great when I send up to Cohoes 
my name in full — Pat O'Brien, Lamp-post Inspector for the entire City of 
New York. 

George. I don't think that would sound very well — Pat O'Brien. 

Pat. Well, make it Patrick O'Bre-on ! 

George. That's it, now; you've struck it; that sounds more like a 
Frenchman. 

George. Now, Pat, I want to take you down to the club and introduce 
you to some of the Senators. 

Pat. The club, did you say ? where is that, George ? 

George. Just a short distance below here. I want to make you solid 
with the boys. 

Pat. All right, George, I'm with you ; and I don't spare the expense. 

[Exit both, it. 1 e. 

Scene II. — In 3d grooves, d. in f. ; Bar Boom ; tivo Tables with Chairs, R. 
and L. ; Characters all playing Cards. 

Enter Alderman (at door). 

Alderman. I say, boys, here comes George up the street with the 
biggest old country gawk that you ever saw : he's Irom Cohoes. Let us 
all work the job up. 

Enter George and Pat (through d. f.) 

Pat (goes to table and pulls a ard out of a player's hand, saying) : Why 
don't you lead your five fingers ? 

Barkeeper (pointing). See here, my friend, I wish you wouldn't inter- 
fere in the game. If you can't behave yourself I'll have to order you out. 

Pat (indignant). And who are you, sir? 

Barkeeper. I have charge of this place, sir. 

Pat (aside). I think he's a saucy puppy; wait till I get elected and I'll 
have his license broke. 

George. I say, Pat, I want to introduce you to some of the boys. This 
is (to character) ex-Senator Flypaper. 



AMBITION. 5 

Senator (shaking hands vnth Pat). How do you do, sir (squeezing his 
hand hard) ? 

Pat. I say, George, the Senator has got a fine grip on him. 

George. That's the grip of the club. 

Enter Lush (through door). 

Lush. Hello, fellers! how is the graft? Hello. George! 

George. Why, Lush, old boy, how are you ? By the way, Pat, I want 
to introduce you to Alderman Taffy. (Lush shakes hands luith Pat ; he 
tries to pull Pat over, when Pat pidls him over on his face. Barkeeper 
throws Lu»H out. Pat walks up and down stage very proudly.) 

Pat. Ccme, boys, have a drink. What will you all have? (They all 
shout) wine! wine! 

Pat. Stop ! stop ! No wine off me. 

George. What's the matter, Pat? Don't weaken. Don't you want to 
make yourself solid ? 

Pat. Not off ov wine, George. 

George. But wine is only five cents a glass. 

Pat. Is that all? I say, George (very loud), will you and your friends 
join me in a glass of wine, at five cents a glass? (He tvalks proudly up to 
the bar.) Guess who's in town, George? 

George. The Lamp-post Inspector. (The Barkeeper sets off or spurts the 
oottle of Seltzer water in Pat's face.) 

Pat. I'm blinded, I suppose. 

Barkeeper. I beg pardon, Mr. O'Brien. The cork flew out of the bottle. 

Pat. I thought some one throwed dirty water in my face. 

(Alderman breaks a large cracker on Pat's head. Lush re-enters quickly 
and picks up the pieces of cracker, when Pat kicks him and throws him out 
the door, after which he struts up and down very proudly.) 

Pat. If you don't keep that drunken man out ot here I'll kill him. 

Barkeeper (takes an old hat — he keeps it hid behind his back — and iaJces 
Pat's hat off quickly and places it behind him, then throivs down the old hat 
on the floor, wlien all the characters kick it about the stage. The Barkeeper 
has put Pat's hat on his own head; and Pat is running around after this 
old hat, thinking it is his. At last he gets it, saying angrily) : 

Pat. That's a fine thing to do. Call that fun, do yez r tear a man's 
clothes. I wouldn't have a hair of that hat turned for five dollars. It 
was made in Cohoes, 

Barkeeper (laughing). I say, Mr. O'Brien, you ain't mad, are you ? 
(Barkeeper has Pat's hat on ) 

Pat. It's funny, ain't it ? Quite a good joke. How would you like it 
if some one would kick your hat all over the room ? 

Barkeeper. I wouldn't mind it. 

Pat. (takes the hat off the Barkeeper's head and smashes it down on the 
floor). Now, Mr. Smarty, what do you think of that? You're mad, ain't 
you ? I can see by your eye j'ou're mad. 

Barkeeper (very cool). No, I ain't mad, Mr. O'Brien. 

Pat. You're not ? then come, take a drink. 

Barkeeper. No, I thank you, Mr. O'Brien; that's your own hat you've 
been smashing about. 

(Pat picks up the hat, then looks at the one in his hand, drops it and walks 
towards the door, as if to go away, very angry ; he is stopped by the Bar- 
keeper.) 



6 AMBITION. 

Barkeeper. Mr. O'Brien, we have some very fine music, let us dance 
a three handed reel. 

{The Alderman, Barkeeper and Pat all dxnce the reel, when they are in- 
terrupted by Lush, who enters dancing. Pat seizes Lush and throvjs him out 
of the door.) 

Barkeeper. Mr. O'Brien, allow me to congratulate you as one of our 
members of the club. 

Pat. Thank you, I suppose I'm a member of the G. G. now ? 

Barkeeper. Yes, Mr. O'Brien, and it's the duty of every newly elected 
member to make a speech. So, gentlemen, come to order; we will have 
a speech from Inspector O'Brien. I propose three cheers for him. Hip ! 
hip ! hurrah ! hurrah ! hurrah ! 

Pat. I suppose I'll have to keep up with the rules of the club, so I'll 
endeavor to do the best I can {he gets on the table). Gentlemen, one all, 
if I'm elected you can depend on me. I'll stand by you in the hour of 
need 

(Barkeeper takes a large firecracker, lights it and places it on table by 
Pat's feet. The explosion throius Pat off the table. Lush enters; Pat goes 
for him again, and the whole parly get in a general row. AU confusion.) 

QUICK CLOSE IN. 



EXPLANATION OF THE STAGE DIRECTIONS 
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l. 2 e. Left Second Entrance. 




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L. 3 E. Left Third Entrance. 




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DE WITT'S ACTING PLAYS (Continued). 



No. 
144. 

34. 
137. 
111. 
119. 
165. 

48. 

32. 
164. 
109. 

85. 

87. 
143. 
189. 
163. 
154. 

63. 

39. 

49.' 
15. 

46. 
51. 

184. 
108. 
188. 
169. 
130. 
92, 
193. 

140. 

115. 
2. 

57. 
104. 
112. 
185. 

84. 
117. 

171. 
14. 

173. 
176. 



97. 
66. 

172. 

94. 

45. 
155. 
178. 

147. 
156. 

82. 
127. 

23. 



Lancashire Lass, melodrama, 5 acts.12 3 
parkins' Love Letters, farce, 1 act.. 3 2 

L' Article 47, drama, 3 acts 11 

Liar (The), comedy, 2 acts 7 

Life Chase, drama, 5 acts 14 

Living Statue (The), farce, 1 act. . . . 3 
Little Annie's Birthday, farce, 1 act. 2 

Little Rebel, farce, 1 act 4 

Little Ruby, drama, 3 acts 6 

Locked In, comedietta, 1 act 2 

Locked In with a Lady, sketch, 1 act. 1 

Locked Out, comic scene 1 

Lodgers and Dodgers, farce, 1 act.. 4 
Leap Year, musical duality, 1 act. . . 1 

Marcoretti, drama, 3 acts 10 

Maria and Magdalena, l'lay, 4 acts . 8 
Marriage at Any Price, farce, 1 act . 5 
Master Jones' Birthday, farce, 1 act. 4 

Maud's Peril, drama, 4 acts 5 

Midnight Watch, drama, 1 act . . 8 

Milky White, drama, 2 acts 4 

Miriam's Crime, drama, 3 acts 5 

Model of a Wife, farce, 1 act 3 

Money, comedy, 5 acts 17 

Mr. Scroggins, farce, 1 act 3 

Mr. X., farce, 1 act 3 

My Uncle's Suit, farce, 1 act 4 

My Wife's Dian , farce, 1 act 3 

My Wife's Out, farce, 1 act 2 

My Walking Photograph, musical 

duality, 1 act 1 

Never Reckon Your Chickens, etc., 

farce, 1 act 3 

New Men and Old Acres, comedy, 3 8 

Nobody's Child, drama, 3 acts 8 

Noemie, drama, 2 acts 4 

No Name, drama, 5 acts 7 

Not a Bit Jealous, farce, 1 act 3 

Not So Bad as We Seem, play, 5 acts. 14 

Not Guilty, drama, 4 acts 10 

Not Such a Fool as He Looks, drama, 

3 acts 5 4 

Nothing Like Paste, farce, 1 act 3 1 

No Thoroughfare, drama, 5 acts and 

prologue 13 6 

Off the Stage, comedietta, 1 act. ... 3 3 
On Bread and Water, farce, 1 act. . . 1 2 

Only a Halfpenny, farce, 1 act 2 2 

Only Somebody, farce, 1 act 4 2 

One too Many for Him, farce, 1 act. 2 3 

£100,000, comedy, 3 acts 8 4 

Orange Blo-soms, comedietta, 1 act. 3 3 
Orange Girl, drama, in prologue 

and 3 acts 18 4 

Ours, comedy, 3 acts 6 3 

Our Clerks, farce, 1 act 7 5 

Our Domestics, comedy farce, 2 acts 6 6 
Our Heroes, military play, 5 acts. . .24 5 
Out at Sea, drama in prologue and 

4 acts 16 5 

Overland Route, comedy, 3 acts 11 5 

Peace at Any Price, farce, 1 act 1 1 

Peep o' Day, drama, 4 acts 12 4 

Peggy Green, farce, 1 act 3 10 

Petticoat Parliament, extravaganza, 

in one act 15 24 

Photographic Fix, farce, 1 act 3 2 

A COMPLETE 



No. 



M. P. 

7 2 



8 2 



61. Plot and Passion, drama, 3 acts 

138. Poll and Partner Joe, burlesque, 1 

act 10 

110. Poppleton's Predicaments, farce, 1 3 

50. Porter's Knot, drama, 2 acts. 

59. Post Boy, drama, 2 acts 5 3 

95. Prettv Horse-Breaker, farce, 1 act.. 3 10 
181 and 182. Queen Mary, drama, 4 acts.38 8 

157. Quite at Home, comedietta, 1 act. . . 5 2 
196. Queerest Courtship (The), comic op- 
eretta, 1 act 1 1 

132. Race for a Dinner, farce, 1 act 10 

183. Richelieu, play, 5 acts 16 2 

38. Rightful Heir, drama, 5 acts 10 2 

77. Roll of the Drum, drama, 3 acts 8 4 

13. Ruy Bias, drama. 4 acts 12 4 

194. Rum, drama, 3 acts 7 4 

195. Rosemi Shell, travesty, 1 act, 4 

scenes 6 3 

158. School, comedy,' 4 acts 6 6 

79. Sheep in Wolf's Clothing, drama, 1 

37. Silent Protector, farce, 1 act 

35. Silent Woman, farce, 1 act 

43. Sisterly Service, comedietta, 1 act. . 
6. Six Months Ago, comedietta, 1 act. 

10. Snapping Turtles, duologue, 1 act.. 

26. Society, comedy, 3 acts 

78. Special Performances, farce, 1 act.. 
31. Taming a Tiger, farce, 1 act 3 

150. Tell-Tale Heart, comedietta, 1 act 12 
120. Tempest in a Teapot, comedy, 1 act. 2 1 
146. There's no Smoke Without Fire, 

comedietta, 1 act 1 2 

83. Thrice Married, personation piece, 

lact 6 1 

42. Time and the Hour, drama, 3 acts. . 7 3 

27. Time and Tide, drama, 3 acts and 

prologue 7 5 

133. Timothy to the Rescue, farce, 1 act. 4 2 
153. 'Tis Better to Live than to Die, 

farce, 1 act 2 1 

134. Tompkins the Troubadour, farce, 13 2 
29. Turning the Tables, farce, 1 act 5 3 

168. Tweedie's Rights, comedy, 2 acts.. 4 2 

126. Twice Killed, farce, 1 act 6 3 

56. Two Gay Deceivers, farce, 1 act 3 

123. Two Polts, f a.'ce, 1 act 4 4 

198. Twin Sisters (The), comic operetta, 

lact 3 1 

162. Uncle's Will, comedietta, 1 act 2 1 

106. Up for the Cattle Show, farce, 1 act. 6 2 
81. Vandyke Brown, farce, 1 act 3 3 

124. Volunteer Review, farce, 1 act 6 6 

91. Walpole, comedy, 3 acts 7 2 

118. W anted, a Young Lady, farce, 1 act. 3 

44. War to the Knife, comedy, 3 acts. . . 5 4 
105. Which of the Two? comedietta, lact 2 10 

98. Who is Who? farce, 1 act 3 2 

12. Widow Hunt, comedy, 3 acts 4 4 

5. William Tell with a Vengeance, 

burlesque 8 2 

136. Woman in Red, drama, 3 acts and 

prologue 6 

161. Woman's Vows and Mason's Oaths, 

4 acts 10 4 

11. Woodcock's Little Game, farce, 2 4 4 
54. Young Collegian (Cantab.), farce, 13 3 

DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 



of DE WITT'S ACTING PLAYS AND DE WITTS 



ETHIOPIAN AND COMIC DRAMAS, 



lining Plot, Costume, Scenery, 

Time of Representation and every other information, mailed free and post paid. Address, 
ROBERT M. DE WITT, 33 Rose Street, New York. 



DE WITTS ETHIOPIAN & COMIC DRAMAS, 

Nothing so thorough and complete in the way of Ethiopian and Comic Dramas has ever 
been printed as those that appear in the following list. Not only are the plots excellent, the 
characters droll, the incidents funny, the language humorous, but all the situations, by-play t 
positions, pantomimic business, scenery and tricks are so plainly set down, and clearly ex- 
plained, that the merest novice could put any of them on the stage. Included in this catalogue 
are all the most laughable and effective pieces of their class ever produced. 

*** In ordering, please copy the figures at the commencement of each play, which indicate 
the number ojine piece in " De Witt's Ethiopian and Comic Drama." 

fl^~ Any of the following Plays sent, postage free, on receipt of price— 15 Cents Each. 

Address, ROBERT M. DE WITT, 

JVo. 33 Rose Street, New York, 

JjW The figure following the name of the Play denotes the number of Scenes. The 
figures in the columns indicate the number of characters.— M. male; F. female. 
*** Female characters are generally assumed by males in these plays. 



No. 

73. 
6. 

10. 

11. 

24. 

40. 

42. 

43. 

78. 

79. 

89. 

35. 

41. 

12. 

50. 

53. 

63. 

64. 

95. 
4. 

52. 

67. 

93. 

25. 

51. 

88. 

17. 

31. 

20. 

58. 

70. 

77. 

82. 

83. 

85. 
3. 

23. 

48. 

61. 

68. 

71. 

33. 

94. 

1. 

18. 

36. 

37. 

60. 

90. 

8. 

I 19, 



African Box, burlesque, 2 scenes. . . 5 
Black Chap from Whitechapel, 1 s. 4 

BlaclC-hemist, sketch, 1 scene 3 

Blaclf .i^y'd William, 2 scenes 4 

Bruised and Cured, sketch, 1 scene. 2 

Big Mistake, sketch, 1 scene 4 

Bad Whiskey, sketch, 1 scene 2 

Baby Elephant, sketch, 2 scenes... 7 

Bogus Indian, sketch, 4 scenes 5 

Barney's Courtship, Irish, 1 scene. 1 
Boijus Talking Machine, Dutch 4 
Coal Heavers' Revenge, 1 scene.. 6 

Cremation, sketch, 2 scenes 8 

Daguerreotypes, sketch, 1 scene — 3 
Draft (The), sketch, 1 act, 2 scenes. 6 

Damon and Pythias, 2 scenes 5 

Darkey's Stratagem, sketch, 1 act.. 3 
Dutchman's Ghost, sketch, 1 scene. 4 

Dutch Justice, sketch, 1 scene 11 

Eh ? What is it ? sketch, 1 scene. . . 4 

Excise Trials, sketch, 1 scene 10 

Editor's Troubles, farce, in 1 scene.. 6 
Elopement (The), farce, 2 scenes. . . 4 
Fellow That Looks Like Me, Is.... 2 
Fisherman's Luck, sketch, 1 scene. 2 
First Night, Dutch sketch, 4 scenes 4 

Ghost (The), sketch, 1 scene 2 

Glycerine Oil, sketch, 2 scenes 3 

Going for the Cup, interlude, 1 scene 4 

Ghost in a Pawnshop, 1 scene 4 

Guide to the Stage, sketch, 1 scene. 3 
Getting Square on Call Boy, 1 scene 3 
Good Night's Rest, sketch, 1 scene 3 
German Emigrant, sketch, 1 scene. 3 

Gripsack, sketch, 1 scene 3 

Hemmed In, sketch, 1 scene 3 

Hard Times, extravaganza, 1 scene. 5 
High Jack, the Heeler, 1 scene.. 6 

Happy Couple, sketch, 1 scene 2 

Hippotheatron, sketch, 1 scene 9 

In and Out, sketch, 1 scene 2 

Jealous Husband, sketch, 1 scene 2 

Julius the Snoozer, 3 scenes 7 

Last of the Mohictns, 1 scene.... 3 

Live Injun, sketch, 4 scenes 4 

Laughing Gas, sketch, 1 scene 6 

Lucky Job, farce, 2 scenes 3 

Lost Will, sketch , 1 scene 4 

Lunatic (The), sketch, 1 scene 3 

Mutton Trial, sketch, 2 scenes 4 

Malicious Trespass, sketch, 1 scene. 3 



57. 
65. 
66. 

<S7. 
91. 
92. 
14. 
26. 
45. 
55. 
81. 

7. 
13. 
15. 
80. 
84. 
21. 
16. 
38. 
46. 
56. 
59. 
69. 
72. 
74. 
100. 
102. 

5. 

2. 
31. 
47. 
54. 
28. 
6-2. 



M. P. 

Musical Servant, sketch, 1 scene... 3 
Midnight Intruder (The), 1 scene. . 6 1 

Molly Moriarty, Irish, 1 scene 1 1 

Night in a Strange Hotel, 1 scene.... 2 
Obeying Orders, sketch, 1 scene... 2 1 

100th Night of Hamlet, 1 scene 7 1 

One Night in a Bar Room, 1 scene 7 
One, Two, Three, sketch, 1 scene.. 7 

Policy Players, sketch, 1 scene 7 

Pompey's r 'atients, 2 scenes 6 

Power's Troubles, sketch, 1 scene.. 6 1 
Port Wine vs. Jealousy, 1 scene.. 2 1 
Pete the Peddlar, sketch, 1 scene.. 2 1 
Painter's Apprentice (The), 1 scene 
Polar Bear (The,) farce, 1 scene. . . . 
Recruiting Office, sketch, 2 scenes. 

Rival Tenants, sketch, 1 scene 

Remittance from Home, 1 scene.. . 

Rigging a Purchase, 1 scene 

Rival Artists, sketch, 1 scene 

Stupid Servant, sketch, 1 scene 

Streets of New York, sketch, 1 scene 
Sam's Courtship, farce, 1 scene 
Scenes on the Mississippi, 2 scenes. 6 
Serenade (The), sketch, 2 scenes... 7 
Scampini, pantomime, 2 scenes — 6 3 
Storming the Fort, sketch, 1 scene. 5 
Siamese Twins, sketch, 2 scenes... 5 

Slippery Day, sketch, 1 scene 6 1 

Stage Struck Couple (The), 1 scene. 2 1 
Sausage Makers (The), sketch, 2 s. . 5 1 
Squire for a Day, sketch, 1 scene. .51 
Stranger (The), sketch, 1 scene.... 1 1 
SleepWalker (The), sketch, 2 scenes 3 
Three Chiefs (The), sketch, 2 scenes 6 

Three, A. M., sketch, 1 scene 3 1 

Two Black Roses (The), sketch.... 4 1 

Tricks, sketch, 2 scenes 5 2 

Three Strings to One Bow, 1 scene. 4 1 
Take It, Don't Take It, sketch, 1 s. 2 

Them Papers, sketch, 1 scene 3 

Uncle Eph's Dream, sketch, 2 s ... 3 1 
Vinegar Bitters, sketch, one scene. 6 1 
Who Died First, sketch, 1 scene. .. 3 1 
Wake up, William Henry, 1 scene. . 3 
Wanted, a Nurse, sketch, 1 scene.. 5 
Weston the Walkist, Dutch 1 scene 7 1 
What Shall I Take ? sketch, 2 scenes 8 1 
Who's the Actor ? farce, 1 scene. . . 4 
Wrong Woman in the Right Place 3 1 
Young Scamp (The), sketch, 1 scene 3 



2 
2 
5 
5 
5 
4 
6 
2 
3 
2 
6 
2 1 



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